Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Siple Coast (NZL) | 82° 00' 00.0" S | 155° 00' 00.0" W | Coast |
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Name ID: 114389
Place ID: 13325
Named for Dr Paul A Siple, who accompanied Rear-Admiral Richard E Byrd on all his Antarctic Expeditions. He was in charge of the West Base of the Unite States Antarctic Service Expedition, 1939-41, which was established at the Bay of Whales, and was the first Scientific Leader at the South Pole Station. He first led a sledging party into Marie Byrd Land from Little America in 1934 at the age of 24. |
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| Siple Coast (RUS) | 82° 00' 00.0" S | 149° 00' 00.0" W | Coast |
| Name ID: 120598 Place ID: 13325 | |||
| Siple Coast (USA) | 82° 00' 00.0" S | 155° 00' 00.0" W | Coast |
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Name ID: 131646
Place ID: 13325
The middle portion of the relatively ill-defined coast along the E side of the Ross Ice Shelf, between the N end of Gould Coast (8330S, 15300W) and the S end of Shirase Coast (8010S, 15100W). Named by NZ-APC in 1961 after Paul A. Siple (Mount Siple, q.v.), noted American scientist-explorer who accompanied R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd on all his Antarctic expeditions. |
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